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New Study: Medicare’s Price Controls Are Fueling America’s Growing Doctor Shortage

The Pacific Research Institute’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation today released a new issue brief warning that continued federal underpayment of doctors is fueling a looming healthcare crisis by accelerating the nation’s physician shortage and undermining access to care. Written by PRI senior fellow in business and economics and CMEI director Dr. Wayne Winegarden, the brief (titled “It’s Time for Medicare to Stop Shortchanging Physicians”) finds that Medicare reimbursement rates are well below market ...
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New Brief: ‘Maximum Fair Price’ Policy Would Bring New Costs to Nevada Taxpayers, Put Patient Access to Health Care at Risk

SACRAMENTO – Nevada taxpayers could face millions in new bureaucratic costs and patients will likely see less access to life-saving drugs if state government mandates so-called “Maximum Fair Price” price controls on prescription drugs, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan, California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. “Some Nevada lawmakers want to enact government price controls on prescription drugs in the name of ...
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Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”

Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through market capitalism. Click here to register to watch a special live webinar with Pipes on Wednesday, February 26 at 11 AM Pacific time, discussing her new book in conversation with PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden. In ...

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